‘NO AGENDA’TACKLING GENDER NORMS IN COMMUNICATION

Whether you are a woman or a man, we consciously and subconsciously play to gender norms throughout our lives and especially in the workplace. This unique course aims to explore how it affects you at an individual and team level. Through exercises that draw on theatre practice, psychotherapy, forum discussion and debate, this one-day workshop will open up new ways for you to communicate. It will also offer you an opportunity to discuss some of the issues faced by both genders, including maternity, paternity care, career aspirations, personal habits and assumptions. It will give you the confidence to build a learning community at work that aims to tackle gender inequality for both men and women. This course is aimed at mixed gender groups of between 4-10 people. It has been designed in consultation with academics and specialists in gender study and will be delivered by trained actors who have experience as teachers and leaders.

‘AUTHENTICITY’LEADERS WITH EQUALITY IN MIND

This course aims to help women and men at all levels of business but particularly those who are focused on developing leadership roles in the city workplace and finding ways to influence the culture and challenge exclusive ‘masculine’ environments. The course has two key elements. The first is that we aim to help you as an individual succeed. We develop your skills and confidence to perform whether it’s delivering a keynote speech, presenting to the boardroom or in meetings with your colleagues and employees. We use exercises developed from our actor training and theatre practice alongside transactional analysis and vocal work to help women and men find their authentic voice, develop strategies for dealing with gender stereotyping, difficult work spaces/situations and help generate new ways to communicate.

POWER PRESENCEMAKE A PERSONAL IMPACT

This course aims to help participants develop a presence that enables them to make a better impact at work and improve their communication skills. It will enable people to speak with confidence, authority and authenticity. It provides a comprehensive understanding of how we speak, what we say and how we move and how this affects the way we are perceived. The sessions will explore physical and vocal presence, using actor based training, exercises developed from Laban and from psychotherapy to create a holistic approach to improving overall communication. Whether the setting is a staff briefing, presenting to new clients, interviews, board meetings or presenting to large audiences, this course gives the participant the tools needed for success.

THE SOCIAL NETWORKERHow to make a room work for you

This course is designed to help you feel confident to attend networking events and make genuine and lasting contacts with the people who can help your business grow. Networking is still the most important way to generate new business and we take you through the process step by step. We work on your presentation skills, how to introduce yourself, how you move around a room, as well as work on helping you develop your conversation skills, listen effectively and knowing the right moment to move on. We use exercises based on our actor training which help to create presence, developing your skills of listening and responding to a situation, leading conversation and asking the right questions. We hone your pitch and help you keep it spontaneous and adaptable.

ONE-ON-ONE COACHING

This course offers a flexible way for you to develop the skills to speak with authenticity, power, eloquence and impact in a one-on-one setting. We focus on the body and it’s connection to anxiety response using exercises to improve posture, breath control, articulation and projection. Our work with text and writers allows us to integrate our teaching on your delivery with work that tackles the content and structure of the message you want to convey to your audience. We can help edit speeches, prepare clients for interviews, presentations and networking events. This course is about finding the confidence to market yourself and your ideas well by learning how to master anxiety and unlock your potential as a confident and effective speaker. From one off emergency sessions to a comprehensive four-session course with meetings every week (flexible with your timetable), this is a way for you to become a great communicator and deliver results.

THE LISTENING SPEAKER

The best communicators are often the best listeners. This course is designed for both the natural introvert and extrovert who want to improve their communication through developing and using listening skills. This course offers an insight into anxiety and fear in public speaking and in team settings and how it relates to the ego. Natural introverts tend to be better listeners but are not always able to translate that useful skill into effective communication. The natural extrovert often has the confidence to speak but perhaps misses opportunities to address the need of their audience by not listening effectively. This course offers a meeting point. We explore how to listen effectively through your voice and body; how and when to speak in different settings, as well as encouraging and enabling a group listening dynamic. Exercises explore who speaks when and how we play status roles and what we can do to shift our status. We also introduce participants how to combat fear and respond instinctively and spontaneously through exercises based on actor training.

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The Reversed Shakespeare Company offers workshops to secondary schools, working alongside Turn of Phrase.

Our workshops use Shakespeare’s classic texts to examine and explore gender roles in society and the participants’ own lives.
Our experienced theatre practitioners use games, script and verse work, creative exercises and discussions to break down preconceived ideas and stereotypes as well as gendered language and speech.

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